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You don't
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even know
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it's not even a tank.
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Look at that. The UL cub.
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Listen to that
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rotex. Let's check it
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out.
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Translucent lightweight fabric
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buddy. What's up? Quinner. You digging
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on this rotex? All right. Oh my
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goodness.
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Yeah. A game changer, huh? Crazy. It's
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crazy. 160 horsepower with the
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turbocharged Rotex 916is.
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17,000 plus feet. 160 horsepower. The
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turbo kicks in. It's like flying that
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P-51. You better have right rudder,
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baby, cuz it
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goes like a rocket ship. Oh, man. And
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what do you got for weight on this ultra
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light? 930 lbs. Wow. 930 lbs with the
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Bush wheels. Uh, as you see it set up.
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Uh, it's like the standard cup. It's got
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24 25 gallons of, uh, fuel, 12.5 in each
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wing.
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Um, and Brad dropped it off yesterday,
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so I'm still learning about it. Mhm. And
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I'm still blown away by the takeoff
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power because you give it 100% power,
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that turbo kicks in and it puts you in
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your seat like you're driving a
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Lamborghini, man. And that's right here
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at Truckucky at 6,000 ft. Juan, you're
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going to be blown away. This is no
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exaggeration. I'm not a salesperson. I
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just uh like holy mackerel. I mean, it
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there's nothing that compares. And what
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they've done with that Rotac engine from
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what I know now is the testing that
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they've done with the MP MT propeller
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and whatnot uh is extensive and it's a
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match made in heaven. I mean so we got
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the MT constant speed prop we're looking
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at here. Yeah. And there's no
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adjustments inside. I mean it it takes
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care of itself. Wow. And so it just uh I
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mean
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you you push the power button, you turn
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it on and it's ready to fly. What do
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they think? We're a bunch of serious
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pilots or something. I mean, I Dude,
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it's crazy. It's crazy. It's actually
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It's crazy. Check this thing out. I
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mean, it's it's just it's a gorgeous
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aircraft. Yeah. Great fit and finish. Uh
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this is the Oriteex lightweight
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covering, right? Yeah. MT constant
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speed, you know. I believe so as I'm
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learning. So, don't quote me on some of
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this. Yeah. Yeah. It's all new. It's all
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new to me. And the big advantage of this
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is this kind of futurep proofs aviation
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because this doesn't need the 100 lowled
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fuel, right? Well, that that's it. You
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know, you can take a gas and everything
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else on here. We're running low in this
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because that's what we have here in
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Truckucky. But the the neat thing is
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that here in Truckucky, so my Cub, you
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know, is that 180 horse, you know, Titan
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engine on a 9,000 ft DA day, we're we're
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maybe what 120 130 horsepower if we're
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lucky. Yeah. You know, and again, I
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can't do the math that fast in my head,
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but I always guesstimate, well, 180
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horse, it's 9,95.
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You're probably down a 60% or something.
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Yeah. So, I'm guessing I'm 120
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horsepower, 130 horsepower, and I can
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still get off the ground in 150, 200
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feet in my cup with 35s on as it sits.
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You know, it's,20 lb on 35s. This is 930
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lb. You and I can fly this baby at 9,500
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ft here, density, altitude, and we're
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going to get off the ground in 100 ft.
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Hm. It's crazy. two up. It's crazy.
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I'm blown away cuz Behringer uh brakes.
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You know what's the uh gear we're
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looking at here? Acme shocks. Um you
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know, I'm not positive what this gear
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is. If this is the Cupcfter's gear, I
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believe it is. Mhm. With the Acme shock
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setup. Um you got
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the single exhaust out there. Okay. And
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we got a standard fuel sump, you know,
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like you would on any other aircraft.
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Um, I'll be honest. I have always been,
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you know, oh that Rotex clunk. You know,
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I had my Highlander, remember? Oh, yeah.
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I was just too big for it. And I always
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have had that, oh, that clunk clunk and
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oh, I just like the sound of a real
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engine, right? Yeah.
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My minds have been changed. And that's
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not a sales pitch. I get in clean, it's
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smooth.
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Proved me otherwise. I mean, it's What
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kind of RPM we looking at cruising
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around? 5800 or something? Yeah, 5800.
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6000, you know, 95 98% power. Uh it can
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go 100% power for 5 minutes continuous.
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Um then you bring it back. But we run
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around a cruise at
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98%. And again, uh you know, my quotes
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here are from what I remember Brad
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telling me yesterday and what I've done
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with my li limited. We'll straighten it
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out with little uh texts on the bottom.
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Yeah. Just to make sure I'm sure, but I
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think I'm I think I'm pretty darn close.
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And then of course all that's run
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through a a gear reduction drive for the
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prop to get the prop RPM down. And we're
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talking a single turbo charger.
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Yeah. LED lights. Pilot. Yeah. He
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doesn't know anything. He's just a stole
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bum. It's all traditional Cub back here.
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But what do we got up here in the panel?
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A nice What's that Garmin? Uh that's
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your G3. G3 Garmin. All right.
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And then uh flight systems that all your
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engine monitor over there on the left.
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Yep. Engine monitor tells you everything
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that you need to know what you're
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looking at. You go through, you can see
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all your oil pressures, you know, RPM,
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etc. There's no both tanks on this. And
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so you left it and fill it. You fly the
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the heavy tank obviously first.
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All right. Registered experimental uh
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tow brakes and then your classic carbon
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cub lightweight interior and a sling
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seat in the back. So, there's your uh
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checklist. Ox fuel pump on. 5 minutes
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max. 100%. All right. 98 or less on the
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cruise. Ox pump on for takeoff and
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landing. Yeah. And it's it's right here.
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You know, it's you flip that on in the
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event you have a fuel pump failure.
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That'll kick in for you. Great. And uh
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where's our elevator trim at? Elevator
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trim is the regular Oh, it's electric.
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Yeah. I can't find it. Oh, I can't find
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it. And I have that on my stick. You
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don't have that in the back seat. Got
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it. Okay. Okay. Nothing. This will be
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your stick cuz I'm going to fly back
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there. All right. And then our flaps
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right there.
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Got about 20 lbs of gear in the back.
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You know, I mean, the cleaning kit, the
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oil, extra set of of headset here for
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us. Yeah. Look at that translucent
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covering, man. Nice. You know what's
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what's neat about this is I when Brad
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gave it to me because I have this cup
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for a couple weeks to fly it and give us
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our honest feedback, right? Mhm.
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And there's been guys flying this. Bruce
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Graham came and flew it. We went around,
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did a bunch of off airport stuff.
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There's been others. And I told Brad,
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I'm gonna take it care of it. Not going
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to fly it in the sage brush. I don't
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want to rip up the tail feathers and
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whatnot. And he said, "Kevin, go fly
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this the way you would." Of course, I'm
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still not going to go take it into the
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sage brush cuz I don't want to rip it
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up. But going around and knowing the
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people that have flown this, there's no
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rips and tears.
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We think this Oortex fabric is a little
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stronger than your standard fabric that
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comes on on the traditional aircraft.
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And the cool thing about Oortex is
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there's no paint. It's like Monaco the
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from our model airplane days. You iron
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it on and you shrink it and it's already
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got the color pigment in it. And correct
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me if I'm wrong, Juan, but what Brad and
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I were talking about this yesterday. You
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can get the high gloss on this with the
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paint and that's going to add about 35
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lbs 40 lb. So what's the point? This is
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bright yellow. Yep. It's nice. should
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get it in an array of colors. I thought
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about doing Oortex on my Cub when I
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built it and I just I went with the
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Cubcrafter's fabric and kept it silver
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and then put vinyl on it to keep it
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light because I didn't want the paint.
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But even that you have to put that
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silver paint on and and you know paint
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is weight. So you figure you put the
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high gloss finish which a lot of guys
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like that's another 3540 lbs. No point.
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So Vortex comes in yellow vinyl strip.
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Classic Cub yellow with the lightning
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bolt. Got to have that flap gap seals
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back here.
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Yep. And uh these are the what do you
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call them? The later model ailerons. So
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you got the better handling
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characteristics. That was that was
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something. And I think because it's new.
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My cub obviously is so broken. It was my
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first comment to uh Brad. I cuz he said
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this is the same that I have on mine,
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but they're a little stiff, but I just I
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think it's new. I think it's new and we
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can we can grease those up. But that's
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not that's not a a bad thing. It just it
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feels feels like a new airplane. Uhhuh.
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Feels like a new pair of shoes. You
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know, you put a new pair of shoes on and
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got to break them in a little. Break
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them in till they feel good. New pair of
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Levis's don't feel good. It takes me
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about almost a 100 hours to make a new
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airplane to me feel like an old familiar
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shoe. Yeah. Yeah. Here's a good one,
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too. people that fly these these
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airplanes that they This is a reason why
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you don't top your tanks off to the very
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top. This isn't my doing. And Brad
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pointed this out yesterday cuz I haven't
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put any fuel in this yet. But we never
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want to fill it up to where it's at the
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very very top. You take off you're going
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to get spill and residue and that's all
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this is. Mhm. So for you guys watching,
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don't fill them up. You can leave it
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about that much shot. Can you get that
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off the stain off of there? Okay. I can
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get with that new UL fuel. I don't know,
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man. uh the stuff down there at uh in
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the Bay Area. All right, look at the fit
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and finish on these CubCrafters. Just
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exquisite build
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aluminum. The latest in LED strobe
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technology. ADSB in and out. And what
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are we sporting here? Some uh Alaska
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bush wheels. Alaska Bush wheels. What
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size are these? 31s. 20 these 29s. Know
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that I think these are 29s looking at
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them. Yeah, they're 29. 29s. Yep. That's
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good. That's plenty. That's plenty. More
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than enough. And a pretty stock looking
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mall tail wheel in the back. I mean, you
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don't need
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You don't need 850s, man. You guys
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850s tires. No, you just just These
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little training wheels are cute,
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but no.
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930 lbs. You know, put some 850s on
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there and get probably 140 knots up at
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altitude. tail wheel. You know, I would
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transition to Tony's TK Shock here in
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the back or that Acme tail stinger.
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Either one. They're both great. You
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know, you got Acme up front. I don't
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even want to get into that debate
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because they're both doing great things
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for And uh so what about landing
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performance distance-wise? Well, myself,
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I've made about seven landings in this
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thing now. And I can promise you that
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every landing is
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probably 80 to 125 ft tops. That's Kevin
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math. So that's probably 180. We'll see.
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Jesus, you're giving me a hard time.
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That's real. Oh, yeah. No joke. I just
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landed behind you waiting for that big
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heavy husky to get off the runway, man.
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And uh I was flinting there at about 35
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mph indicated and I just went plop and
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rolled. I think we It was every bit of
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There was no more than 100 ft. You and I
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together will be 125, 130 ft. No
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question. Well, let's go see. No
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question.
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So, how's that fit back there? If you're
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teaching, you got plenty of room. Oh,
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yeah. It fits like my cub. You know, any
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anything in the back seat of these Cubs
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is tight. It's just what it is. No
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matter what you're in, but I got plenty
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of room. I'm
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6'3, 225 lbs on a good day. And you got
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all the controls you need except for the
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flaps back there. The only thing I don't
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have is flaps and trim control. Your
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trim controls on your stick here. You
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got four and a half, as you see. basic
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flap control. You know, Cub Crafters
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invented the overhand flap handle. Yeah.
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And uh keep your eye on the target.
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Yeah. And you got to brakes right there.
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I got my toe brakes. I'm all set for
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you. All right. But you're you're a
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professional pilot. I'm not going to
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need it. The biggest thing that you're
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going to notice, Juan, on this is that
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it doesn't like to slow down. Oh, that's
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like the Husky. We're going to watch the
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air speed and make sure that we get
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obviously within a good range. and
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you're going to come across a number
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somewhere around 4550. We don't need to
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land fast. And you can bleed that speed
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off and you'll hear this stall horn uh
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going off. Again, if it was mine, I'd
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probably pull the circuit on it, but
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you're going to hear the stall horn. You
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still got another five plus before the
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thing wants to drop out of the sky.
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We're going to go be safe and you'll
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come in and land this thing. The big
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thing is you got three notches of flaps
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for every position. you know, downwind
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10° right at about 70 m an hour. Come
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around the corner. Oh, I like to say
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5560. There's no sense going fast. Come
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over the numbers at
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4550. Feel it out. You know, we're going
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to air on our speeds so that we're a
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little faster for this first time just
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to keep things safe. But I don't want to
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be touching down any more than 45 50
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mph. 50 is way too fast. Save them.
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First impression getting in this thing,
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it's a pretty big tub. You got a lot of
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room in the front seat here. A lot of
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room and great visibility over the nose
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and an and an adjustable seat. Both
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height and uh distance from the
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pedals take
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off. Get up here on the set first.
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You don't
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even not even a tank
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on
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Heat. Heat.
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Heat. Heat.
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Got it.
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Little stole drag practice.
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All right, Juan. So, initial reaction,
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buddy. Holy cow. Well, I'm going to have
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to edit that um that uh first impression
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there when Kevin was filming that first
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takeoff there. It was freaking
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astonishing. Uh I kind of was easing
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into the power nice and gentle. And
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Kevin said, "Give her the beans." And
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wham, that thing just exploded off of
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the runway. Like more like a helicopter
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than an airplane. It's just an
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unbelievable launch uh off of the off of
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the carrier deck. So, you get used to it
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maybe in the next couple of takeoffs,
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but the um the punch is definitely just
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launches you forward like a like a like
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a small carrier takeoff. That's what the
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two of us big boys over 200 lb each and
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um here at Truckucky. 8700 density
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altitude today. Right now, 8,700 ft.
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Just launches this thing into the air. I
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mean, it's more like a helicopter
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takeoff than an airplane takeoff. We
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were talking 100 100 foot takeoffs. I
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mean, what do you think it was?
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Honestly, I don't know. I couldn't get
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the by We were gone climbing at 1,000 ft
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a minute before I get the throttle all
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the way in. I have no idea, man. Rotex
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916, baby. There's nothing like that
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thing. Holy cow. It explodes. And then
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as far as landing and handling
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characteristics, the plane's brand new.
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It's pretty stiff on the cables right
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now. Maybe if we loosen up the cables a
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little bit, get a little less stiff on
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the controls, but ground handling,
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landing characteristics, even in this
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gusty wind condition, piece of cake on
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the ground. This thing tracks so nice
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and straight on the ground. And it's a
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kite in the air. With the thermals,
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you're just going to float in thermal
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like crazy in the air. But if you need
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to get down, sidelit or the flaps, once
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you figure out the little finesse on the
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CubCrafter flap handle, piece of cake.
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Real easy tail drager to manage and
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handle on the grounds in the
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wind. This is going to be one expensive
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ride, man. Husky for sale. Cub for sale.
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The piper cub. Jeez, that husky. That's
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a real nice husky. It's just It's just
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been listed. That's right. Get them all
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hot.
